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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drastic improvement...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Cole Digs up Victory; Wrestlers Take Eighth | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...consequences of these two activities can be drastic. Junior Ken Johnson, the team's long-distance free-styler, said tapering and shaving can take up to four seconds off his 500-yd. time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Georgia Squad Had Swimming on Its Mind | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

WHEN I found out that Bush got elected, I decided to go to Reading, Mass. Yes, there's a leap in logic there, but it's not as drastic as you might think. I know that, sitting as I am in the Eliot House dining hall, that I'm in a minority when I say that George Bush gives me the creeping crawling willies, but as a minority I decided I had one option. Escape. "Pardon me boys, is that the Canada-border choo choo...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Post-Election Escapism | 11/22/1988 | See Source »

...leased a democracy in El Salvador that will struggle on only as long as Washington continues to pay the rent and Salvadoran officials agree to play along. (ARENA has already asserted that it does not intend to bow to U.S. demands even if it means a drastic reduction of aid.) The U.S. did Duarte no favor by emphasizing the fight against Communist guerrillas instead of reinforcing his agenda for reconciliation, economic growth and social reform. Washington also held Duarte -- and others in Central America -- to the pluralistic standards of North America at a time when the Latin tradition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Central America No Winners, Only Losers | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...first time [the board of directors]heard students weren't happy about things and feltthey had to do something drastic like this tosolve the problem," said Publishing Manager MarkSelwyn '90, "I think they were stunned...

Author: By Spencer S. Hsu, | Title: HSA Agrees to Give Students More Say | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

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